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- From: wbg@festival.ed.ac.uk (W Geake)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: word windows re
- Message-ID: <29978@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 12:41:04 GMT
- References: <don.updyke.27@stpaul.ncr.com> <oneil.726366747@cwis>
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- oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil) writes:
-
- >don.updyke@stpaul.ncr.com (Don Updyke) writes:
- >
- >>The BAD point is that you better have more than a 2 meg 386 sx system or'
- >>it will be so slow that you will go back to your old dos word processor.
-
- >Um, I guess I wouldn't run Windows with less than 4 megs of memory on a
- >386sx.
-
- >Actually, that pretty much describes my system, which was really nice when
- >I bought it, but which is antiquated now.
-
- >But still, if you're running Windows on a 2 meg machine, run don't walk to
- >your local computer store and shell out the bucks for at least two more
- >megs of memory.
-
- Nay, nay and thrice nay! I converted from WordPerfect on a 16MHz 386SX,
- 2MB to W4W 2.0 on a 12MHz 286 1MB. It was quick enough to improve my
- productivity, though things were nicer when my next 2MB came along. By
- all means get lots of RAM, but get W4W (or AmiPro) first - it DOES go on
- a 286 IMHO.
-